Pacific Salmon
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Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licencesJeff Grout, a salmon resource manager with Fisheries, says about 1,300 licences are eligible for the program, which will buy them at market rate and take them out of circulation.EnvironmentDec 14, 2022
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‘More dead fish than live fish’: Dry conditions a concern for Port Coquitlam salmon hatcheryBiologist and volunteer Helen Howes said a dry autumn has left salmon -- mostly chum and some coho -- idling or stranded in parts of Hyde Creek.EnvironmentNov 17, 2022
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kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nation breaks ground on vital sockeye salmon hatcherySockeye salmon are inseparable from kʷikʷəƛ̓əm culture, identity and livelihood, and once sustained the nation's people from season to season.EnvironmentNov 10, 2022
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B.C. researchers investigating impact of road salt on Pacific salmonThe research team will be measuring salt levels and reviewing the data every two months as part of a five-year project looking into Chum and Coho salmon.EnvironmentNov 5, 2022
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Recent rainfall helping B.C. salmon return to spawning grounds, expert saysThere were so many spawning Coho below the hatchery at Noon's Creek in Port Moody, many bystanders stopped to watch the salmon on the side of a trail.CanadaOct 29, 2022
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Drought conditions challenging on B.C.’s south coast, but fish protected: BC HydroBy managing releases from reservoirs, BC Hydro says it has safeguarded downstream water flows and protected salmon runs, even as unregulated rivers and streams have dried up.EnvironmentOct 13, 2022
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B.C. premier heads to California for climate deal with West Coast governorsThe premier B.C. and the U.S. West Coast states are facing similar climate-related issues, including wildfires, weather events and wild salmon declines.PoliticsOct 5, 2022
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Poaching fears as Fraser River salmon are dumped to rot, even as returns slumpFisheries and Oceans Canada, meanwhile, says it has a strong enforcement program in place and needs buyers to do their part to stop black-market sales.EnvironmentSep 22, 2022
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Salmon getting through Big Bar slide area prompts excitement in Indigenous communitiesSome 280,000 salmon have already been counted above the Big Bar slide site north of Lillooet -- a contrast from three years ago when barely 100 salmon were counted.EnvironmentAug 12, 2022
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Dead salmon prompt federal fisheries team to inspect Trans Mountain expansion work siteTrans Mountain crews began permitted work in the Coquihalla River at the start of the month, where spawning salmon have begun their run a few weeks earlier than usual.EnvironmentAug 10, 2022
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